Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1de17f2c748e5236…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-08-22 02:25:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b0cfc95778fc6ca1efeb5d2cde34d6ec SHA-1: 7ab8efb27d124e39b3dbbf7b2eb3fafb8bdfc268 SHA-256: 1de17f2c748e52362ab26eb5504c7707a0553f5df74cb87601a8682384d32eca
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, which in turn serve PDF files. The primary attack pattern appears to be the distribution of malicious content via these indirect links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/li3kjf8neutu30bshpjvffr4ki/rugot.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f79a4c3945d---61514606544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bortran.com/upload/image/file/20210513060825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevoir.hu/uploads/file/94558906359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af8807ca462---wufonidew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elitagida.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32cfkmq7fnf85oggdpjamc9uc7/tizev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sergeybazarov.ru/file/31577027603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c5edff831179f15c31a5cfba4e37d89/bobomategun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/wakegofoduzumas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/45288439388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/bawokaxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afr36t6f6eciavpdmgan6m9ao4/gofigod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766e54eb62e---11928449990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/83416321561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgemfoco.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fefetosalewubisupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiab.net/userData/board/file/vekefiravisopesin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1484e58d43---wusen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmthj91ef6n098i95rl3sr6754/46831878046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/gobidaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rukomaguvexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagoitese.it/userfiles/files/16386815454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minlinart.com/archive/upload/files/tipibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a54933dacec---25987833303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prawobrzeze.info/userfiles/file/xaduwupuzubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddcd5eb4548---44350687634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+mg+of+colace+can+a+pregnant+woman+takePDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e3f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3F6 17080 bytes
SHA-256: e3f0ed3b7829ed46affdbc45b3c0d787d1101997afe837e751b941ed4a635a42
font_01_sfnt_off0001104d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1104D 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 4056f07c1dd7b6334d3dfd4f7f8208a411ef772cc30ff3bc1a00be35ec2c21dc
font_02_sfnt_off0001296a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1296A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1